New Age Artists

Chapter 562 Shut up, we are discussing freedom!

Things like awards, rankings, and systems are bound to have fatal flaws if they are too focused on maintaining their own interests.

The same goes for university rankings, happiness index, and even corruption index.

The corruption index standard is the most idiotic. The main idea is that if you don’t investigate, it’s the same as if there is no corruption. The more you investigate, the lower the score.

Some influential media and public intellectuals do not allow anyone to question this narrative. When questioning the Western narrative, the truth does not become clearer as the debate goes on.

Anyone who dares not to accept it is anti-intellectual.

Shen Santong's methods are much more powerful than Feng Xiaogang's. He did not argue, but instead played the game of deconstruction, giving the Golden Horse Awards a direct blow.

The Golden Horse is further tied to the Wild Horse.

This is fatal.

"You have a really big heart."

Another day of filming was completed and the final shot was getting closer. Chen Chexi saw that Shen Santong was just like usual, not disturbed by the outside world and concentrating on filming, and he was amazed.

Shen Santong took a sip of water and felt very good.

It won’t cause the Golden Horse to completely lose its credibility, but the mountain is being moved away step by step.

Chen Chexi asked curiously: "They are going to launch the 'Heavenly Feast', should we target them?"

"No need." Shen Santong shook his head: "What I can't stand is the phenomenon, not a certain star."

He didn't say anything bad about people like Meiko Citi.

Just run away with your godfather.

Shen Santong has always believed in the freedom to come and go. He believes that the path he is on is correct and it would be his loss if he leaves.

Are you kidding me? Chen Chexi said in disbelief: "What do you say about Hong Kong and Taiwan?"

"Don't spit blood! I'm not targeting anyone. I'm doing this for their own good. I want them to change their mindset as soon as possible."

Shen Santong said sincerely: "There have been problems in the Hong Kong and Taiwan circles throughout history, especially in Taiwan, one generation after another, plus we siphon them off, there are not many people with backbone, and even fewer with insight."

Puff, Chen Chexi couldn't help but said: "You might as well target them!"

"I wouldn't dare." Shen Santong complained: "Initially we co-produced films with Hong Kong Island and treated them like our ancestors."

"Liu Xiaoqing, as the lead actress, could only eat steamed buns and pickles. This is simply outrageous and cannot be justified by any reason. She is the lead actress, but she is not even treated like a lead actress."

"The film industry has become more market-oriented and developed, and we haven't treated them unfairly. Hong Kong films have ruined themselves, but we still give them opportunities. Their pay is ten times higher than ours. Hong Kong films have moved north to give them the market. Many people in our own studios have been laid off and have no jobs. Everything on stage and behind the scenes has been taken care of by Hong Kong Island."

"The photography exhibition didn't make it difficult for them. They should just let it be. Hong Kong Island can't get along well, but it doesn't find excuses for itself and is in collusion with Taiwan Island. Have you forgotten how Hong Kong movies ended? You are so short-sighted!"

"Wandao is even more of a low point. When we co-produced a film with him, we could tell from Zhou Jie's experience that the people of Wandao had an inexplicable sense of superiority."

"These are the root causes of trouble. I hope they will wake up as soon as possible and come over to me sooner. This is the best thing for their future."

Chen Chexi saw Shen Santong's half-smile and obviously had bad intentions: "You are being hypocritical now."

"Why am I being hypocritical?"

"What do you say?"

"I am honest! Not only that, I will give more opportunities to female artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan so that they can have better living conditions." This is what Shen Santong said to everyone.

The mainland entertainment industry has no vision, so how can we expect the Hong Kong and Taiwan circles to have vision?

But Shen Santong is upright and honest. No matter who asks, he is doing it for the good of the compatriots in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Anyone who thinks otherwise has a dirty mind!
It was Chen Chexi's turn to complain: "I think you want to sleep."

"Ahem!" Shen Santong interrupted: "Don't slander me! I'm not that kind of person."

Chen Chexi despised it.

"The Lost Tomb" is coming to an end.

For this play, Shen Santong conducted in-depth research on some experiences in adapting Western popular literature, such as "The Lord of the Rings", "Harry Potter", and "A Song of Ice and Fire".

The TV series "A Song of Ice and Fire" has not yet been released, and Shen Santong is trying hard to search his memory.

Then two key points were drawn: one is that the details should be realistic, and the other is that the structure should be good.

The core of these works is the "final battle", which is also the most important. All clues must be guided by the final battle. "

All important characters must play a role in the final battle, and all the props and superpowers mentioned must play a role in the final battle.

From this perspective, "A Song of Ice and Fire" is actually not as good as "Harry Potter".

Because the author gave up on creating the image of the Night King and his army of white walkers, and the side of justice cannot negotiate or negotiate with this opponent, then the only opponent is the Night King and his army of white walkers.

This greatly reduces the room for shaping the "final battle", and it is difficult to show the different choices that the human side can make when facing the final battle.

Secondly, the business is too huge, and it is difficult to select the commander-in-chief of the justice side in the final battle.

Mother of Dragons or Jon Snow, or Sansa, Jaime, and Tyrion?

The characters are too homogeneous and have no outstanding traits. It doesn't matter who you choose, but it also means that none of them will be good.

If we look into the reasons, we will find that "A Song of Ice and Fire" has a "prototype". The background setting of the story, the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, etc. are not much different from human history.

Aegon the Conqueror refers to William I in the Norman Conquest of 1066 AD; Westeros is roughly equivalent to the British Isles; Essos is roughly equivalent to the European continent; King's Landing is roughly equivalent to London.
The author made some changes to it, but did not completely digest it, nor did it become material for the novel; it completely served the novel.

Respecting the "prototype" too much can also be said to be led by the nose to the point of forgetting the structure of the story.

"Harry Potter", also a fantasy novel, is a thousand blocks ahead of "A Song of Ice and Fire" in terms of structure.

"Harry Potter" also draws heavily on historical materials and the strengths of others.

For example, the biggest turning point in the wizarding world in "Harry Potter": the "International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy" promulgated and implemented in 1689, is likely to be a rewrite of the "Glorious Revolution" in England between 1688 and 1689 and the promulgation and implementation of the "Bill of Rights".

As for Dumbledore's defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, it goes without saying what event it was rewritten and borrowed from.

It’s just that JK Rowling is a master at integrating plot points.

I integrated all these materials into my own story and made them highly cohesive, thus forming my own unique story world and structure.

All materials can only serve the story.

For example, the second part opens with Dobby saying there is a conspiracy, which is the opening of the chamber of secrets.

Then the location of the second part, "The Final Duel", is in the secret room.

The third part opens with Harry trying to get his guardian uncle's permission to sign and enter Hogsmeade village on his own.

The location of the third film, the "Final Duel", takes place in the Shrieking Shack in Hogsmeade Village.

The fourth part begins with the story of the village of Little Hangleton.

So the location of the "final duel" at the end of the fourth part is in the cemetery of Little Hangleton Village.

The fifth part begins with Harry violating the "Underage Wizarding Act" and needing to go to the Ministry of Magic for trial.

So the location of the "final duel" is in the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic.

The reason why Shen Santong conducted in-depth research is that he wanted to make "Ghost Blows Out the Light" into a fantasy series, open up the fantasy film category, and create a fantasy film with global influence.

"Ghost Blows Out the Light" is not inferior to "Harry Potter" in structure, and its imagination and various descriptions are also very strong.

The main plot is clear. The first part, "The Ancient City of Jingjue", goes to Jingjue Kingdom to earn extra money. The second part, "The Mysterious Cave of Longling", goes to Longling to make money. The third part, "Yunnan Worm Valley", goes to dig the tomb of King Xian to get the beads. The fourth part, "Kunlun Temple", goes to Kunlun Mountain to break the curse.
Basically, it is linked together, confirming each other, and the foreshadowing gives people a pleasant feeling of sudden enlightenment.

If such a work is filmed well, it will not be inferior to "Harry Potter".

However, its previous life was ruined. The copyright was sold indiscriminately, and even the author himself didn't know where it was sold to. The movie was divided into several parts, shot by different companies and with different actors, and the author was not allowed to write a book related to "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

Writers have a golden period. After "Ghost Blows Out the Light", even Tianxia Bachang could not write such a work anymore.

Shen Santong has a sense of mission for "The Lost Tomb".

He did not fit into the extraordinary setting of the 638 games.

At the moment I just want to treat "Ghost Blows Out the Light" as a separate series, because the original work is really good and there is no need to add anything extra.

Shen Santong is self-aware. He is just a pig in the wind who happened to rise during the commercialization stage of the film industry.

His personal memory and other things are just some small talents and don't matter much.

Human achievement cannot be achieved through individual efforts alone; it requires historical opportunities.

Of course, flying doesn't mean you can land smoothly.

Shen Santong is very self-aware and decided to finish filming the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series first.

If it succeeds and all eight parts have been filmed, we can make a spin-off and let Tian Xia Ba Chang create a universe, and it won't be too late to then link up with the Beyonder Universe series.

Not only Tianxia Bachang, Liu Cixin also passed his golden age after "The Three-Body Problem".

Shen Santong has collected the adaptation rights for all important works of Liu Cixin's novels, but he is in no rush to film them.

At least wait until the first phase of the company is completed and has sufficient production capacity, and then start 15 years later. In his mind, if the time limit is changed, Liu Cixin alone will surpass all other writers combined and become a figure written into national history.

On the 26th, Han Jianv came to visit the set. After finishing a scene, she saw Shen Santong was free, so she went over to say hello: "Senior, I'm here to learn from you."

After Shen Santong checked the materials, he said, "Why are you running around instead of studying hard? Does your dad care about you?"

"My dad is so mad at you. How many troubles have you caused?" Han Jianu laughed when she talked about this.

After chatting for a while, Shen Santong turned around and greeted Huang Bo, saying, "This is Han Jianu, who is taking the master's degree exam for the Beijing Film Academy's directing department this year. She's our future junior."

"Junior sister, here are some snacks for you." Huang Bo has a very high EQ. He doesn't know Han Jianu's background, but it must be good. Most people can't enter the director's area where Shen Santong works.

Shen Santong asked Huang Bo to take Han Jianu for a walk while he continued filming.

The choice of Huang Bo to play Fatty Wang in this play was a great success, because according to the setting, Fatty is greedy and talkative.

This setting requires an actor who is popular with the audience, and who is generous when necessary, bold but careful. Huang Bo is very suitable for this role.

After finishing the filming, Chen Chexi and Han Jianuo gathered together and chatted.

"This is Tianxia Bachang, the author of the original novel." Shen Santong introduced Han Jianv.

Everyone basically knew who Han Jianu was, and Tianxia Bachang quickly said, "Hello, Miss Han, hello."

The dinner table.

Shen Santong talked about his goal for the film, and said it with absolute certainty: "My mission is to make the original work well, to make it our own fantasy masterpiece, and to make Ghost Blows Out the Light famous all over the world!"

Everyone else is used to it, Shen Santong often makes empty promises in the crew.

This was the first time Han Jianv had heard of this: "Will it be difficult?"

"Precisely because it is difficult, that is why Director Shen came to shoot it." Huang Bo, who was sitting at the same table, praised at the right time.

Han Jianu saw a different side of Shen Santong today, and he was the one who had the final say in the crew.

After dinner, Han Jianuo found some time to chat alone. She asked, "I see you are very busy. Is being a director so tiring?"

Shen Santong thought for a moment and said, "The director is like the commander-in-chief of a war. He needs to master all aspects, especially the domestic project operation model. He must have the ability to calm the situation."

Han Jianu suddenly felt that she was not suitable to be a director.

After staying for two days, Han Jianu was called away by her father to continue reviewing.

It’s the end of the month in a blink of an eye.

The last scene of "The Lost Tomb".

The first part is just an introduction. Hu Bayi and Wang Pangzi join the archaeological team formed by Shirley Yang to find her missing father. They go to the ruins of the ancient city of Jingjue in the Taklamakan Desert and discover traces of the existence of the Jingjue people (Guidong people).

After entering the "ghost cave", some people were deceived by the illusions created by the corpse konjac and killed each other.

After escaping, he was chased by the flesh-crested monster snake again. He accidentally found the tomb of the "prophet" and obtained the parchment book. He learned about the past and present of the Jingjue Kingdom. Finally, with the guidance of the "prophet" parchment book, he successfully escaped.

After coming out, everyone grew eyeball-shaped marks on their backs and were cursed. They needed to find the Zhuchen Pearl to resolve the curse, which set off the suspense for the second part.

The last scene is the death of Professor Hao Aiguo.

Professor Hao is played by the group leader Li Youbin. It’s no wonder that he plays the archaeology professor with a scholarly air and his acting skills are impeccable.

In the original novel, when Professor Hao was bitten to death by a poisonous snake, the book said that it was because he couldn't bear to see those people's bodies exposed in the wilderness, so he wanted to bury them.

Shen Santong changed it to seeing that they had water and wanted to give some water to Xiaoye to drink. With this change, the image of a good teacher who cares for students was established, and the character's personality became more full.

Moreover, Hao Aiguo's character was foreshadowed in the previous part. For example, in the ancient tomb at Xiagujing, he eagerly passed the fat man and entered, and no one could stop him.

No matter how Hu Bayi behind him shouted at him not to move, he just didn't listen, and there was no incompatibility at all.

Also, unlike the original novel, the students made it out alive.

Movies are not novels, so they need to pay more attention to the direction.

Archaeology is already an unpopular major, and it would be bad if this already unpopular major became even more unpopular.

At the same time, the movie does not ignore national power, but the country does not pay much attention to these things.

The archaeological team for the ancient city of Jingjue was not sent privately. Professor Chen was the leader of a formal national archaeological team. Several of his students were students at the school, and the project was funded by the state.

"It's done!"

After shooting the last shot, Shen Santong announced the completion of the filming.

Wow even!

The crew cheers!

The filming of this movie was quite difficult and took more than two months. We encountered many difficulties, mainly due to our lack of experience and we encountered many problems for the first time.

At the finals banquet.

Shen Santong drank a little too much.

Most of the people who came to toast took a sip, one sip after another, and added quite a few.

"Brothers and sisters, thank you for your efforts. We filmed very well, and it was very tiring and hard. I want to make a promise to everyone here."

“When The Lost Tomb is released, it will definitely live up to the audience’s expectations and make them say from the bottom of their hearts after watching the movie: This movie is great!”

"We want to create the future of Chinese fantasy films and open a new chapter. After us, more people will come to make fantasy films."

"Thank you!"

The wrap party is over.

Shen Santong felt confused and felt that there was someone hanging on him, and saw that it was Zhang Li.

Stop drinking from tomorrow!

After wrapping up, I returned to BJ.

"Bah!"

In December, BJ was cold and dusty, and the air quality was much worse than that in Qingdao.

Shen Santong gave himself a holiday to rest.

Early in the morning, Shen Santong couldn't help laughing when he saw a piece of news.

Interpol has issued a red notice for Assange on charges of rape and sexual harassment.

Assange had contact with two women in Sweden in August 09.

An old CIA tactic.

Of course, the biggest problem is that Assange is recognized by the entire network as "the only person who dares to tell the truth."

As the founder of the WikiLeaks website, he mainly exposed the bad things done by the little Mi bandits in the Middle East and exposed diplomatic cables and documents.

Speaking of freedom of speech, do you really dare to tell the truth?

As expected, there was a strange public opinion in China: "It's all the same."

Didn’t Todai invade anyone?

Public intellectuals and internet trolls tried to change the subject, accusing the Tokyo University officials of controlling public opinion and preventing freedom of speech.

From top to bottom, it is full of lies and deceptions from the government to the people.
While accusing the University of Tokyo of deception, he also arrested "the only person in the world who dares to tell the truth." I don't know where he got the nerve to do that.

Such double standards are unbearable even for passers-by!
The rational reader, who had been on hold for several months, released a long video.

Sort out the reasons why Assange was arrested.

Finally, Xiao Mi condemned Dongda for only making up lies, and at the same time arrested and imprisoned "the only person in the world who dared to tell the truth."

What is even more ridiculous is that the mainstream public opinion in the University of Tokyo still believes that Xiaomi is "the country with the highest moral standards in the world", and countless people are rushing around wishing each other "Mi Li Jian in the next life".

The reason why Assange is wanted instead of being assassinated directly is that procedures must be followed. It is not because he is kind-hearted, but because he has a lot of black material in his hands.

That determines how long he survives.

Shen Santong forwarded the message and angrily said, "Shut up! We are discussing freedom! It is not your turn to interrupt!"

A science and technology university in Shenyang.

Zhai Qiuqiu is a junior this year who is studying a major related to mechanical engineering. Influenced by his teacher of Marxism-Leninism, he read several original books on Western social sciences and was greatly shocked.

I had originally planned to take a master's degree in media at a university in the south and become a journalist fighting for my ideals, but after seeing the war of words online over Assange's arrest, I hesitated.

What Xiao Mi said was different from what the open class teacher said, and also different from what was said in the book.

The hysterical outbursts of some teachers with labels such as social science, media, journalist, finance, and law on Weibo were completely different from her imagination of these professional groups debating for their ideals in a polite and refined manner. One of them was the tutor of the major she wanted to apply for.

(End of this chapter)